DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa just delivered some big news at his monthly meeting with the press. According to preliminary TAKS numbers, Spruce High School will definitely make it off the state's low-performing list, and the district is 95 percent certain...
Should students in some of DISD's worst performing campuses have a longer school year? That's a question that will be discussed at today's board briefings. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will roll out a plan that he believes will help struggling schools....
TEA has assigned a "monitor" to work alongside district folk efforting to turn around three of the district's chronically low-performing schools. Unfair Park had it first. However, the monitor has no real power, as she can't hire or fire, has...
Here's advice for all planning to attend tomorrow's 5:30 p.m. board meeting: Show early! The parking lot and board auditorium will be packed. Aliance AFT is planning a demonstration at 4:15 p.m. Thursday before trustees hold a public hearing on...
Administrators briefed trustees a little while ago on their plans to blow up H. Grady Spruce High School. While the board heard three options for reorg, really only one of those was feasible and would actually shock the system, Superintendent...
So the big news at today's board briefing, I hear, is going to be a radical shake-up at Spruce High School, where test scores were pretty awful for the fourth-straight year. I spoke with somebody yesterday who's seen the plan...
... was posted this morning. A quick perusal found a few things of interest. Lemme know what we missed: ** Big changes coming to Spruce High School: "Under House Bill 1, Texas Education Code 39, Section 39.1324 (e), the commissioner...
DISD announced today its "Parental Public School Choice" pilots, in which two high schools -- Conrad and Spruce -- will offer specialized magnet-type programs, or academies, next school year to students who apply. The pilots are open to eighth-grade students...
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